Toy.



F. MULIG.

TOY.

APPLICATION HLEDJANLIO, 191a.

' Patented May 21,1918.

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' ttpecificetion of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, timid.

Application tiled Ianuary 10, 191%. Serial No. 211,210.

To all them it may concern: v

Be it known that I, FRANK Memo, a at Pennsylvania, have invented certainnew .and useful Improvements in Toys and I do declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention has for its object to provide a highly amusing toy whichmay be mcxpensively manufactured and sold at small cost, said toyembodying a gun for shooting marbles and the like, and preferably a Iwhistle.

With the foregoing object in view the invention resides in the deviceherein described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawingwherein:

Figures 1 and 2 are rspective views Ehowing two ways in which the gunmay be red" Fig; 3 is a perspective or the device in normal position;

Fig. 4: is a longitudinal section; and,

Fig. 5 is a transverse section on the plane of the line li -5 of Fig. 4.

In the drawing above briefly described, the numeral 1 designates astralght preferably rectangular block of wood or other suitablematerial, said block having a central bore 2 with which a air oflongitudinal slots 3 communicate, said slots being formed in oppositesides of the-block and being of less width than the diameter of the borelongitudinally a considerable distance to increase its leverage againsta coiled spring (3 which bears against its rear side.

The spring 6 is slipped into the bore 2 amusement.

before the bar 4 is inserted and when said sprmg 1s slightly compressedb insertion of said bar, its tension will hold t e latter normallyagainst the front ends of the slots 3 asseen in Fig. 4, the rear end ofsaid spring being positioned against the inner end of the bore, Spring 6en ages the bore 2 rather snugly and is of Sn cient size to preventlossthroughthe slots 3.

As seen clearly in the drawings, the ends of the slots are spacedsufliciently from the front end of the block 1, to locate the bar 4: ata suitable distance from said ehd to permit the reception of a marble orthe like 7 in the front end of the bore. Either head 5 may be pulledrearwardly by the fore finger (Fig; 1) or the thumb (Fig. 2) and.thus'the spring 6 will'be compressed by tiltmg of bar 4 and will returnsaid bar to normal position when'the same is released. The spr'ng thusserves to force the bar against t e missile 7 and the latter isconsequently impelled-from the gun with ,considerable force.

In playing certain games, it is desirable to use analarm or signal inaddition to the gun and I have therefore equipped the rear end of theblock 1 with a simple form of whistle as seen at 8, but it is to beunderstood that the device may well be manufactured without thisfeature. I

the article is extremely simple and ma therefore be manufactured andsold for a,

small amount, yet it will afi'ord considerable I claim:

elongated block having a longitu inal bore opening thron%h its frontend, two opposite sides of said ,b ock each having a lon itudinal slotopenin into said bore, sai slots being of less wi th than the diameterof said bore,-a combinedhammer and trigger in the form of a flat barpassing throng the front ends of said slots and acrosssaid bore, theends of said her being increased in width to form heads for preventingremoval of said bar until it is turned to position its flat sidesparallel with the sides of the slots, said A toy of the type describedcom rising an eads being spaced fifim said block,--anda N coiled springinsaid bore in rear of sa d bar, one end of said spring abutting said 42e I h 1,266,847

bar and the other end thereof being disposed my hand in the presence oftwo subscribing against the inner end of said bore, said Witnesses.spring being greater in. diameter than the FRANK MULIG. width of saidslots to prevent loss there- Witnesses: 5' through. FRANK On,

In testimony whereof I have her unto set JOSEPH F. GLINsKI.

